This is not the date I wanted.

"Ah~ That's it. This expression is really great. You're clearly furious, but your eyes are as calm as ice. Being able to see an expression like this from you makes this job absolutely worth it, even if it doesn't pay."

As if she had discovered a priceless treasure, an excited smile appeared on Ai Wulian's lips.

boom!boom!

He fired two shots at his feet. Due to the loss of spiritual power supply, the ice that froze Wu Lian's feet was easily shattered by the magic bullet.

"Sadly, Sister Allen has arrived on time. Artemisia should be waking up soon. I know you should be thinking about how to retreat. But it's okay to stay a little longer, Miss Mengyue."

Instead of attacking Mengyue, Wulian turned her gaze to Alan and spoke in a cheerful tone.

"Since you're all here, let's watch the last part of Mr. Cang Er together."

Landing in front of the reversed Honjo Nia, Alan raised his beloved sword and pierced Honjo Nia’s abdomen like a nail.

For a moment, Erya's screams of pain echoed in everyone's ears.

Soon, bright red blood spread on the ground, and gradually, Erya's body stopped struggling.

"..."

He drew his weapon silently, letting the opponent's blood splatter on himself. Alan's lips moved slightly, muttering meaningless syllables in a low voice.

Then, Erya's body began to emit a black fluorescence. The broken spiritual clothes gradually disintegrated and disappeared, and the light dust gathered on the girl's chest and condensed into a gem that shone with a black luster.

Holding the spirit crystal in his hand, Allen said softly, "Reverse the crystal, recycling is complete."

"—!"

At this moment, Meng Yue suddenly exerted her strength and rushed towards Alan like a flash of lightning.

So fast!

Although Wu Lian had been on guard against Meng Yue's sudden attack, Meng Yue's burst of speed and flexibility exceeded her expectations. In an instant, she broke free from her obstruction and came in front of Alan.

"Hmm... Hacker?"

Allen took a quick glance and realized that the other person's arms were dislocated. She felt very disdainful that he still bumped into her without knowing his own strength.

The laser sword was swung out with lightning speed, and the sharp blade cut Mengyue in half.

Allen originally thought that the opponent would be cut in half by him at the waist without any surprise. However, Meng Yue seemed to see through Allen's thoughts, and suddenly lowered her body, dodging Allen's attack at the critical moment.

"Varied--?!"

"The thunder and lightning spear."

Before Alan could scream out in surprise, Mengyue stuck close to Alan, with blue and white electric light flashing in her bangs.

Originally, this level of electric shock could not have any effect on Allen, but the electric snake seemed to have spirituality. It accurately found the damaged part of the mecha and directly touched the skin of Allen's arm.

"Goo-"

The paralysis caused by the electric shock made Allen's left hand, which was holding the spirit crystal tightly, lose consciousness. The black gem fell from his hand to the ground.

"Oops!"

Without giving Alan a chance to react, Meng Yue kicked the Reversal Spirit Crystal away like a player preparing to shoot on the football field.

"What--"

Alan's eyes widened in disbelief.

Seizing this opportunity, Mengyue ran to Erya's body, bit her collar, and pulled her body into the air.

(Is the real target the body of the sister?)

Seeing this scene, Alan immediately understood Meng Yue's intention.

If Meng Yue got the Reversal Crystal at this moment, there would be no doubt that Alan would chase her down without hesitation. Not only would she not be able to take away Erya's body, she herself would also surely die.

On the contrary, if he kicked the spirit crystal away at this time, in order to prevent the mission from failing, Allen must first get the spirit crystal back. This will undoubtedly buy Meng Yue precious time to escape.

(Hmph... clever.)

"Adeptus 2, Adeptus 3. The Hacker and Sister are left to you."

After instructing his subordinates, Alan chased in the direction where the spirit crystal was kicked away.

(Since the spirit crystal has been taken out, the body is worthless. Since you want it so much, I'll give it to you.)

"Don't even think about running away."

"How dare you snatch someone from Sister Allen at this time? I like you more and more, Miss Mengyue."

Looking at the two magicians chasing from behind, Meng Yue opened his mouth and shouted.

"Shidou, here!"

"—!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a violent tornado rose from the ground in an instant, blocking the way of Kirei and Artemisia. At the same time, two chains took the opportunity to entangle Mengyue and Nia, pulling them to Shidao's side.

"As expected... I knew you were pretending to be dead, Shidou."

Meng Yue slowly let out a sigh of relief and said with relief.

"My body is almost falling apart. Mengyue... it's too risky. If I really faint, you will..."

Shidou said with a look of fear.

"Well, you caught me successfully, didn't you? As long as the result is OK."

"Ha——" Perhaps realizing that his persuasion was useless, Shidao sighed and looked down at the hideous wound on Niya's abdomen, feeling a sense of self-blame in his heart.

"Mengyue, Erya..."

"Don't worry...it's okay."

It was unclear whether she was trying to comfort Shidao or if she really knew what was going on. Meng Yue replied in a calm voice.

Just as Mengyue and Shidao were about to retreat, suddenly, a violent engine sound came from somewhere, and a sports car suddenly rushed in front of Mengyue and Shidao. The car shell was hit with many holes, and a puff of green smoke rose from the inside. It was obvious that the car was scrapped.

What surprised Shidao and the others was that after seeing the sports car, Kirei and Artemisia suddenly gave up the chase and landed next to the sports car.

The car door slowly opened, and a man walked out with a comfortable look on his face.

A man with light gray hair, a dark suit, and eyes as dead as rust.

"Oh, it's so exciting! I was driving fast while dodging falling rocks. I felt like the protagonist in an American movie. It was so exciting."

"Isaac Westcott..."

Shidou pronounced the other party's name with clear hostility.

"Long time no see, Gokawa Shido. And nice to meet you, Hacker, er no, Ms. Ryougi Yumezuki. Your good health is more important than anything else."

Exuding a sense of disharmony that was out of place at the scene, Westcott greeted the two of them politely. "Ike."

At this time, Allen had returned to Westcott's side and handed the Reversal Crystal to him.

"Amazing! This is the reverse crystal."

Gazing at the dark gem with fascination, Westcott seemed a little unable to restrain himself, and a crazy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you for your hard work. Artemisia, Wulian, and my dear Allen. Thanks to your cooperation, everything can be performed perfectly according to the script."

"Of course, I am the strongest magician."

"I'm so sorry. I fell into the enemy's trap and was held back."

"Well. It's work after all, I'll do my best."

script?

Hearing the other party's words, Meng Yue couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine. 　

Obviously, the Westcott in this world has never seen him, otherwise he would not have greeted him with "Nice to meet you". However, from sending Nia to Shidao in the beginning, to killing Nia and recovering the reversal crystal, including the countermeasures taken by Mengyue, everything seemed to be under his control.

"However, the script is just a script. If the opponent is not good enough, the script will end as soon as it begins. Although it is what I want, it is a bit boring." As he said this, Westcott applauded Mengyue and Shidao and said with approval.

"Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I can finally take another step towards my long-cherished wish. In return, I will show you something interesting."

Westcott declared loudly while slowly extending his hand.

"What do you want to do?!"

"——What? Haha, you have absorbed the spiritual power of nine people, do you still need to ask such a question now?"

“What did you say…?”

Shidou frowned in confusion. At this moment, Westcott's result reversed crystal——and pressed down on his chest effortlessly.

“Gu—oooooooooooooooooo—”

Starting from the inversion crystal, the dark light emitted a harsh noise like thunder and lightning. Only the night around Westcott was re-divided and turned into a curtain to wrap him up.

A few seconds later, Dark Night was sucked into Westcott's body. The reversal crystal in his hand had disappeared, and in its place was a large hole burned on the chest of his suit.

"...Mengyue, he used the power of the elves..."

"Yeah, absorbed."

Meng Yue nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice.

"Beelzebul."

As Westcott called out the name of the Demon King, a leather book engraved with an inverted cross appeared in his hand.

"Oh? This is incredible. This is clearly the first time I summoned an angel, but the way to use the power is so clear that even Quan Quanru's words are still fresh in my mind..."

After closing his eyes and sighing, Westcott was silent for a moment and slowly closed the book.

"Well, let's stop here this time."

"Is this okay, Ike?"

Alan tilted his head, as if thinking this was a good opportunity to catch everyone in one fell swoop.

"Even if I rely on it to devour more than one demon king, I will lose my body. Besides, when the other elves arrive, there is a high probability that we will be in a difficult battle. And——"

Having said that, Westcott narrowed his eyes, looked at Liang Yi Meng Yue, and revealed a meaningful smile.

"I don't want to suffer at your hands like I did in the last life, Liang Yi Meng Yue."

"..."

"Well, we'll see each other soon. Gokawa Shidou, just enjoy the few remaining peaceful moments with your spirits."

Seeing that Mengyue ignored him, Westcott shrugged in boredom. He glanced at his subordinates and turned away.

Before leaving, Kiriren suddenly turned around and smiled at Mengyue and Shidao.

"It seems that I will have to accompany you for a while longer, Miss Mengyue, Gokawa Shidao. I hope we can have fun in the future."

33 The Remaining Pages of Life

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"Throat... this is really interesting."

In the office of the Japanese branch of DEM, Westcott was sitting in his office chair, with his legs crossed and his feet resting on the table, looking in a very good mood.

In front of him, a huge leather book was floating in the air. The ominous aura surrounding the book made people feel creepy when they saw it.

"Changing history?... What a remarkable feat."

The corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, as if he was reading a wonderful novel, Westcott read the contents of the Divine Eclipse volume intently.

Interesting. This was Westcott's only thought at this moment.

The Divine Eclipse Volume - The omniscient demon king knows everything in the world, from the small matter of an ant being stepped on to death to the big matter of the extinction of stars in the distant universe, everything that has happened in the world so far is recorded in it.

At this moment, what Westcott was reading was the history that had never happened in this world - that existed in another world line.

"I see. Origami Tobiichi turned into an elf and used the power of Nightmare to go back in time, accidentally killed her parents, and then turned things around. In order to change this fact, Gokawa Shido followed Origami back in time and tampered with history."

Changing history is a lie that even gods would be afraid of.

After reading it, Westcott let out a sigh and said with a tone of admiration,

"Ah, I was totally tricked."

After changing history, even Westcott naturally couldn't know what happened in the other world line. Knowing that he missed a perfect reversal spirit without knowing it, Westcott felt regret from the bottom of his heart.

"..."